if it was important they’d leave a vm, ya’know?
If they don’t leave a VM, I assume they really want to sell me something.
I havent had my voicemail set up in 10 years
If I don’t get a text or voice-mail right after the missed call, that’s how I know it was a scammer. If someone really wants to contact me they’ll try option B
This is one step more than I do: If someone calls me there is a 99% chance it’s spam so I never answer. If they do not leave a voicemail, I am 100% not calling them back.
One time I got 3 calls over the course of two days from a number my phone identified as “Scam Likely” and then a text from my friend saying “I put you down as a reference for a job at the Department of Defense can you call them back?”
Bro why would they not leave a voicemail?
Never, ever answer a call to your cell phone that you don’t expect. If it’s legitimate they will leave a message.
I googled one once after it left an obvious scam voicemail which led me to the virtual phone number providers site. I looked at reporting it on the FCCs website, but reporting there is a PIA. You have to fill out a big form to create a report. The virtual number providers site had it’s own report page which took 2 seconds to fill out. Later that day I got an email saying they take it seriously, it’s a Google voice number or something and they’re opening an investigation. The next day I get an email saying they concluded their investigation and the number was disconnected and the account terminated. It was kinda satisfying, though I doubt it impacted the scammer much.
It’s probably my phone number, I get endless people phoning and saying they have a missed call. I presume it’s scammers faking my number
